THE ROLE OF PRAGMATIC ASSESSMENT IN EVALUATING DISCOURSE COMPETENCE IN HIGH SCHOOL LEARNERS

Pragmatic competence has become, especially in the last few decades, one of the issues that has attracted attention in the field as an integral part of language competence. The realization that good command of linguistic knowledge in the target language will not be enough to master the language has generated the need to study the value and impact of pragmatic competence in language education. This review aims to provide a brief overview of pragmatics and pragmatic competence, the pedagogical significance of pragmatic competence, highlighting the relevant theoretical components of pragmatics. For the purposes of this review, the relevant literature covering the definitions of pragmatics and pragmatic competence as well as the research conducted in the field of pragmatic competence is presented.